Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?

[Mystical]

I swear I've never had anyone answer or even acknowledge this question. 

Sorry, I honestly did not see that question. I've thought of it myself a lot too, actually. 

This is just my opinion, since we know very little about the afterlife and how it works. 

I think everyone still has their free will when they move on to the next life. Including people who died while they were still babies. My theory is that after people die and see God for themselves, they can have the free will to either humble themselves before Him or reject Him. Heaven is the state of acceptance, Hell is that of rejection. I think anyone who dies while they are very young will always choose the former. Think about little children and how they are for a minute. The hearts of children tend to be naturally "pure" and good. Perhaps because they haven't been around this world long enough to harden their hearts and establish any sort of greed or immoral habits yet. Whatever the reason is, children and babies just have a certain humility and purity to them that gets carried over to the next life.

 Aw thanks for responding! I was just being a complainey bunny, really..

I can't comment on your personal beliefs about the afterlife pertaining to theology since it's yours and not the church's. I think your conclusion on what the church believes is accurate; they just don't know. Considering they are renowned for having a definitive opinion on just about everything, I wouldn't find this answer satisfactory. It's important, and prevalent on many mother and fathers minds.

But about babies being innocent... um... have you ever hung out with one?
Or do you have some age limit in your head that draws the line betweem innocent and not?







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